BOSTON BUSINESS NEWS
A New Study Says Rent Control Would Shrink Boston Property Values
Massachusetts is heading toward one of the most consequential housing policy battles in its recent history — and a new study dropped this week to make sure everyone knows exactly what is at stake. The Greater Boston Real Estate Board, one of the most powerful real estate lobbying groups in…
Massachusetts Healthcare Costs Are Growing at Their Fastest Rate in a Decade
The number that matters most right now is 11.5%. That is the average premium increase hitting Massachusetts residents who buy insurance through the state’s own marketplace in 2026 — and it is just the headline figure. Point32Health, one of the state’s largest insurers, is raising premiums for employers with more…
Massachusetts Business Confidence Just Turned Positive — But the Timing Couldn’t Be More Complicated
Good news arrived in Massachusetts this week, and it came with an asterisk the size of a Middle East conflict. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index climbed to 52 in February — the first reading above the neutral threshold of 50 in a full year. For a state…
Gillette Announces Nearly $1 Billion Boston Headquarters in Fort Point
Boston-Based Vertex Pharmaceuticals Just Delivered a Kidney Disease Breakthrough
Fed Survey Shows a Frozen Labor Market — And Boston’s Startups Should Pay Attention
Circle Furniture Is Auctioning Everything — Stores Close After Bankruptcy
A Brand-New Foxborough Apartment Complex Just Sold for $20.4 Million
Iran Conflict Pushes UK Mortgage Rates Higher
Boston Places Five Companies on the World’s Most Exclusive Innovation List
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Fed Survey Shows a Frozen Labor Market — And Boston’s Startups Should Pay Attention
There is a number buried in the Federal Reserve’s latest consumer survey that deserves more attention than it is getting. The share of American workers who expect to voluntarily quit their jobs in the next twelve months has just hit a record low — dropping to 15.9%, the lowest reading since the New York Fed began tracking the metric in…
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The Untold Story of Moderna: From a Harvard Lab to the Arms of Billions
There is a moment in 2009 that, in hindsight, changed the trajectory of modern medicine. Derrick Rossi, a…
The Secret History of Fidelity: How a Boston Lawyer Built the World’s Quiet Financial Giant
There is a company headquartered in Boston that manages more money than the GDP of every country on…
The Story of Wayfair: an E-commerce Giant born in Boston
In Boston’s business landscape, few stories illustrate the transition from the “old economy” to the Big Data era…
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